Last night I went down to the truck patch to see if I could dig up some red taters for our supper. They were delicious. Now for the $64.00 question. I discovered that some of the bushes had what looked tiny green tomatoes growing on the vine (above ground). Cutting one open, I found what appeared to be seeds. I've been around potatoes for a long time, but this is a first for me. My question is, is this harmless, should I break these off, or just ignore them. John

Whichever variety is selected, use certified disease-free seed. Such seed is grown under rigid rules and carefully inspected by state authorities. The potato seed is not a true seed, but modified stem tissue known as a tuber. The true seed of the potato occurs in the small, inedible orange fruit the plant produces during mid-season.

Enjoy those taters.

Bill

"The probability of life originating from accident is comparable to the probability of the unabridged dictionary resulting from an explosion in a printing shop." Edwin Conklin, biologist